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United arab emirates; e coast of the united arab emirates near fujaira in the gulf of oman

NOAAORR-7001

issued
1994-03-31 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1994-04-14 00:00Z
self-cancels
1994-04-14 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Oman
position
25.050, 56.667
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

United Arab Emirates; E coast of the United Arab Emirates near Fujaira in the Gulf of Oman.
E coast of the United Arab Emirates near Fujaira in the Gulf of Oman.
1. On March 31, 1994, the tanker vessels Seki and Baynuna collided in the Gulf of Oman off the port city of Fujaira, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Seki spilled 16,000 tons of Iranian light crude (API 33). The slick traveled to the west and impacted approximately 30 kilometers (km) of the east coast of UAE. No responsible party was determined, so the spill was treated as a third-party spill. The UAE government requested assistance from the United States through the USCG Liaison Officer, who, after assessing the situation, requested a team of advisors be sent to UAE to help that government cleanup the spill. The three-member team was composed of representatives from the USCG Pacific Strike Team (PST), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development, and the NOAA, Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division. The U.S. Advisory Team (USAT) arrived in [...]
2. COMMODITY: IRANIAN LIGHT CRUDE (API 33). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 32000000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 25.050N 056.667E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7001: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7001

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